ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 206 News from the Field A C Q U IS IT IO N S • A m h e r s t C o l l e g e , Massachusetts, has been given th e personal working library of an ­ thropologist Margaret Mead. The collection was donated by A m herst’s dean of facu lty Mary Catherine Bateson, Mead’s daughter, who also donated Mead’s collection of films to the Five College film collection housed at Hampshire Col­ lege. Amherst has also received collections relating to the life and works of Samuel Griswold Good­ rich (1793-1860), who wrote many instructive works for children under the pseudonym of Peter Parley. • G e o r g i a S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y ’s William R. Pul­ len Library, Atlanta, has acquired the papers of songw riter, sin ger, com poser, and p u blisher Johnny Mercer. His widow, Ginger, made the donation to GSU in accordance with her hus­ band’s wish that his manuscripts be placed in an archival repository in his home state. The collec­ tion includes correspondence, press clippings, drafts of lyrics, music scores, an unpublished biography, playbills and other announcements, photographs, phonodiscs, audio and video tapes, and some o f M e rc e r’s original w ater colors. Mercer was one of the most famous of Tin Pan Alley composers. His hits included “Lazybones,” “I ’m an Old Cowhand,” and (in collaboration with others) “Moon River” and “On the Atchison, To­ peka and the Santa F e .” • O h i o U n i v e r s i t y Library, Athens, has ac­ quired a collection of nearly 500 Civil War letters and other manuscript material pertaining to the Brown and Van Voorhis families, both among the earliest settlers of southeastern Ohio. Most of the letters were written by three family members while serving in the Union armies between 1861 and 1865. The collection is valuable as a record of the day-to-day life of the infantry soldier. • S o u t h e r n M e t h o d i s t U n i v e r s i t y Library, Dallas, has received the private collection of dis­ tinguished ancient historian and scholar Stewart Oost. Oost, professor of ancient history at the University of Chicago at the time of his death, had served on the SMU faculty from 1948-1959. The collection also includes the books of the late philologist Benedict Einarson, professor of Greek at Chicago. • The U n i v e r s i t y o f I l l i n o i s a t C h i c a g o C i r c l e has acquired the Lawrence J . Gutter Col­ lection of Chicagoana, an archive of approxi­ mately 9,000 items encompassing many aspects of Chicago history. The collection is rich in printed materials relating to Chicago railroads, including an almost complete run of the annual reports of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the city’s first. Other highlights are rare maps, novels by famous Chicagoans or with Chicago as a set­ ting, the works of major Chicago publishers, and m aterials on the C hicago labor and reform m ovem ents. T he co lle ctio n will be open to scholars and researchers late in the spring of 1983. • The U n i v e r s i t y o f N e w O r l e a n s ’ Earl K. Long Library has received an extensive William Faulkner collection. Over 600 items are in the as­ semblage donated by Frank Von der Haar, a New Orleans businessman. Included are special signed editions, the first trade editions, movie scripts, recordings, and posters. • V i r g i n i a P o l y t e c h n i c I n s t i t u t e a n d S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y , Blacksburg, has acquired the archives of the Virginia Academy of Science (1922-81) and the Virginia Junior Academy of Science (194.1- 80). The records consist of approximately 50 cubic fee t of m aterial and include correspond ence, minutes, photographs, clippings, financial state­ ments, and award-winning research papers. • W e s t e r n C a r o l i n a U n i v e r s i t y ’s Hunter Li­ brary, Cullowhee, North Carolina, has received the personal collection of Peter N. Witt contain­ ing 150 volumes of rare spider literature pub­ lished in Germany, France, Great Britain, and the United States from 1738 to the present. Witt, the Swiss-born pharmacologist noted for his re­ search on the effects of drugs on spider-web pro­ duction, also donated some 50 photographs of unusually constructed webs spun in his laboratory by spiders under the influence of psychedelic drugs. G R A N TS • T h e U n i v e r s i t y o f N o r t h C a r o l i n a at Chapel Hill has received a $19,965 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a retrospective cataloging project of 20,000 historic photographs in their Southern Historical Collec­ tion. The collection contains photographs of early 20th century bridge building in Arizona and Texas; sugar cane plantations in Louisiana; his­ toric buildings in Tennessee; the Sea Islands of South Carolina; sharecroppers’ farms; the Wright brothers’ flight at Kitty Hawk; and much Civil War memorabilia. • The Y o r k U n i v e r s i t y Libraries, Downsview, O ntario, have rece iv e d a S tra te g ic G ran t of $86,300 from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada under their Canadian Studies-Research Tools Program. The two-year grant will enable York to process about 20,000 volumes of French language monographs and se­ rials in a collection of Quebec social and cultural history from the late 19th century through the 1950s. 208 NEWS NOTES • The C e n t e r f o r R e s e a r c h L i b r a r i e s ’ gov­ erning council, Chicago, has accepted new ap­ pointm ents to its board of d irecto rs. Newly e lected chairm an of the board is C harles Churchwell, director of libraries at Washington University, St. Louis. Maurice Glicksman, pro­ vost and dean of faculty at Brown University, was elected vice-chairman. Other appointments in­ clude Paul Rosenblatt, acting provost and dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Arizona; and David Bishop, university librarian at the University of Georgia. • I n d ia n a U n i v e r s i t y ’s School of Library and Inform ation S cie n ce , Bloom ington, has an­ nounced three new dual masters programs. The programs include a joint MLS-MPA (Master of Public Affairs) with the School of Public and En­ vironmental Affairs, a joint MLS-MA with the School of Journalism, and a joint MLS-MA with the History and Philosophy of Science Depart­ ment. These dual programs have been developed in recognition of the growing interaction between librarians and information scientists and subject specialists in these disciplines. • The N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y o f C a n a d a has an­ nounced a new program that will benefit Cana­ dians with reading disabilities. The service is in response to the federal government’s report of the Special Commons Committee on the D is abled and the Handicapped, released last year Under the program the library will provide in formation on special materials for the print handi capped. The library will also hold a registry o reading materials with information on titles i braille and on tape so that other producers o such materials, as well as libraries and educators can pass the information on to users. • The N e w E n g l a n d L i b r a r y B o a r d , Augusta Maine, adopted a new statem ent of purpose bylaws, and guidelines at its March meeting i Hartford. The statement reads: “The purpose The New England Library Board is to provide forum for information and resource sharing de velopment, to provide opportunities for state li brary agency staff development in each membe state, to enunciate a position of member state l brary agency directors on national and region matters of common concern, and to act as communicating body with other regional and n tional library organizations.” In other action th board eliminated all ongoing programs and se vices, including the New England Librar Equipm ent Exchange, the calendar of librar events, the New England Library Jobline, an the NELB office and staff. The Jobline will no be provided by the Simmons College Graduat School of Library and Information Science. ■ ­ . ­ ­ f n f , , , n of a ­ ­ r i­ al a a­ e r­ y y d w e ■